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The following is a '''timeline of the [[History of Los Angeles|history]] of the city of [[Los Angeles]]''', [[California]], USA. |
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The following is a general historical [[:Category:Timelines of cities in the United States|timeline]] of the city of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in the United States of America. |
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==Pre-Columbian era== |
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==Prior to 20th century== |
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* 8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area. |
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* 1781 - [[Pueblo de Los Ángeles|El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula]] founded in colonial [[New Spain]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology>{{Citation |author = [[Federal Writers' Project]] |title = Los Angeles: a Guide to the City and its Environs |publication-date = 1941 |location=NY |publisher=Hastings House |series= [[American Guide Series]] |chapter=Chronology |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015029508374?urlappend=%3Bseq=543 |via=Hathi Trust }}</ref> |
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**[[Angeles Mesa skeletons]] Remains of Indigenous people Discovered in [[Ballona Creek|Ballona Plain]],1924 |
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* 1818 - [[Avila Adobe]] built.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 2014 |title=Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/travel/los-angeles-as-a-pedestrian.html }}</ref> |
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**[[La Brea Woman]] 10,250 year old [[Before Present|BP]] Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in [[La Brea Tar Pits]],1914 |
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* 1830 - Population: 730.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean) peoples entered the LA basin, absorbing or displacing the previous Hokan-speaking peoples |
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* 1835 - Los Angeles becomes capital of Mexican [[Alta California|California]].<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1846 - September: [[Siege of Los Angeles]] by U.S. forces. |
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==15th century== |
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* 1847 - January 10: Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /><ref>{{cite book|title=California Chronology: A Period of Three Hundred and Fifty Years, 1510-1860|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gBs1AQAAMAAJ|year=1915|author=[[Orra E. Monnette|Orra Eugene Monnette]] |location=Los Angeles }}</ref> |
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=== English exploration === |
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* 1848 - February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of [[Mexican Cession|U.S. territory]] per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]]. |
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* 1542 |
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** October 8: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]] sails from [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] to [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] and names it Bay of Smoke. |
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** October 9: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Cabrillo]] Anchors in [[Santa Monica Bay]] then Departs North. |
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** November 23: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Cabrillo]] on his return trip Anchors and Lands in [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later. |
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==17th century== |
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* 1602 |
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** November 20: [[Sebastián Vizcaíno]] Anchors and lands in [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] for a short time during his voyage northward.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} |
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==18th century== |
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=== Spanish colonization === |
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* 1769 |
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** Late July: [[José Francisco Ortega]] scout leader for the [[Portolá expedition]] is the first non-indigenous person to explore the LA Basin via a land trail. |
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* 1771 |
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** September 8: [[Mission Vieja|Original San Gabriel Mission]] is Built near [[Whittier Narrows]]. |
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* 1776 – [[Mission Vieja|Original San Gabriel Mission]] is destroyed in a flash flood forcing the Priest to move the location 5 miles north. Building the new [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]]. |
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* 1781 |
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** September 4: [[Pueblo de Los Ángeles|El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula]] founded in colonial [[New Spain]] by 44 settlers, 20 of whom were of [[African American]] or [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] descent.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California |url=https://archive.org/details/californiaguidet00federich/californiaguidet00federich/page/688/ |title=California : a guide to the Golden state |date=1939 |publisher=Hastings House |others=Prelinger Library |location=New York |chapter=Chronology}}</ref> |
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* 1790's – [[Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera|Vicente Sanchez Adobe]] is built in the Eastern Foothills of [[Baldwin Hills (mountain range)|Baldwin Hills]] |
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* 1795 – Construction commences on the [[Casa de Rancho San Antonio]] completed in 1810. |
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==19th century== |
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* 1818 – [[Avila Adobe]] built.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 2014 |title=Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/travel/los-angeles-as-a-pedestrian.html }}</ref> |
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* 1820 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 650 <ref name="growth">{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Padron of 1844 as Copied from the Los Angeles City Archives |editor1-last=Northrop |editor1-first=Marie E. |date=December 1960 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=42 |number=4 |pages=360–417|doi=10.2307/41169490|jstor=41169490}}</ref> |
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===Mexican period=== |
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* 1821 |
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** [[Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes]], Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor. |
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** September 28: In Mexico City, the [[First Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]] [[Declaration of Independence (Mexico)|declares independence]]; news would reach California months later.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Bolton |first=Herbert E. |date=1919 |title=The Iturbide Revolution in the Californias |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2505905 |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=188–242 |doi=10.2307/2505905 |issn=0018-2168}}</ref> |
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* 1822 |
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** [[Joseph John Chapman]] an Anglo-American then one of the earliest English-speaking settlers and builders of Mexican [[Alta California]]. Chapman Helps to build the roof of [[La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles]] .<ref name="Bancroft">Bancroft, H. H. ''History of California, 1801–1824'' (1886) [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=lgETAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-lgETAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1 Free ebook]</ref>{{rp|393}} |
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** April 9: A junta in [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] headed by governor [[Pablo Vicente de Solá|De Solá]] swear an oath allegiance of the Alta California Province to the Mexican Empire; in the following days, public oaths were taken in the pueblos and missions of Alta California.<ref name=":2" /> |
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** May: José Palomares goes to Monterey as the elector selected to represent the pueblo de Los Ángeles in the election of a deputy from the province to the [[First Mexican Congress|Congress]].<ref name=":2" /> |
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* 1823 |
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** [[Rancho Las Ciénegas]], Land Granted to [[Ávila family of California#Francisco Ávila|Francisco Avila]], by CA Governor. |
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* 1826 |
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**November 27: [[Jedediah Smith]] an Anglo-American Explorer arrives at [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]] from the [[Great Salt Lake]] area, making him the first American to reach Alta California via [[Mojave Road|a land route]] |
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* 1827 – [[Jonathan Temple]] and John Rice opened the first [[general store]] in the pueblo, soon followed by J. D. Leandry.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pioneer Merchants of Los Angeles |last1=Newmark |first1=Marco R. |date=1942 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=24 |number=3 |pages=76–97 |doi=10.2307/41168008|jstor=41168008}}</ref> |
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* 1828 - [[Rancho La Brea]], Land Granted to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez, by LA Mayor. |
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* 1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1831 |
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**[[Jean-Louis Vignes]] bought {{convert|104|acre|km2}} of land located between the original Pueblo and the banks of the [[Los Angeles River]]. He planted a vineyard and prepared to make wine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/wine/where-the-valley-met-the-vine-the-mexican-period/article_2ae8cae7-9655-5f01-9391-9278fed3b9b3.html |title=Where the valley met the vine: The Mexican period |last=Gaughan |first=Tim |date=June 19, 2009 |newspaper=[[Napa Valley Register]] |publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]], Inc. |location=Napa, California |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> |
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** [[Rancho Rosa Castilla]], Land Granted to Juan Ballesteros, by CA Governor. |
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* 1833 – Los Angeles Trade and commerce further increased with the [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularization of the California missions]] by the [[Congress of the Union|Mexican Congress]]. Extensive mission lands suddenly became available to government officials, ranchers, and land speculators. The governor made more than 800 land grants during this period to wealthy Californios. |
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* 1834 |
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**[[Pío Pico|Governor Pico]] married Maria Ignacio Alvarado in the Plaza church. It was attended by the entire population of the pueblo, 800 people, plus hundreds from elsewhere in Alta California. |
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** [[Rancho San Pascual]], Land Granted to Juan Marine, by CA Governor. |
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* 1835 |
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** May 23: On the advice of the territory's deputy, José Carrillo, Los Angeles, is given the title of ''Ciudad'' and was declared the capital of the Alta California Territory by the Mexican Congress.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} The ''de facto'' capital remained in Monterey until decades later and the decision furthered political tensions in the territory. |
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* 1836 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets. |
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* 1839 – [[Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda#Francisco Sepúlveda|Francisco Sepúlveda]] is granted land [[Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica]] which later developed as the west side of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/SMIA/id/2611/rec/5 |title=Map of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, Santa Monica: Calendar of Events in the Making of a City, 1875–1950 |date=1875 |website=Santa Monica Public Library |access-date=2013-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012050400/http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/SMIA/id/2611/rec/5 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 1841 – Los Angeles City Population: 1,680 <ref name="growth">{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Padron of 1844 as Copied from the Los Angeles City Archives |editor1-last=Northrop |editor1-first=Marie E. |date=December 1960 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=42 |number=4 |pages=360–417|doi=10.2307/41169490|jstor=41169490}}</ref> |
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* 1845 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated again to present-day [[Boyle Heights, Los Angeles|Boyle Heights]]. |
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====American invasion==== |
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* 1846 |
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**August 6: US Navy Commodore [[Robert F. Stockton]] lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near [[Casa de San Pedro]] |
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**August 13: [[Robert F. Stockton|Stockton]] and [[John C. Frémont|Frémont]] rendezvous South of Los Angeles to commence the Capture of the City. |
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**September 23–30: [[Siege of Los Angeles]], a Civil rebellion against American occupation led By [[Jose Maria Flores]] recaptures Los Angeles from U.S. forces, U.S. Officer [[Archibald H. Gillespie|Gillespie]] is forced to retreat to [[Casa de San Pedro|San Pedro Camp]]. |
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**October 6: U.S. troops under [[William Mervine]] land in San Pedro to attempt to recapture Los Angeles. |
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**October 8–9: [[Battle of Dominguez Rancho]], US Marines engage in a battle with the Mexican Californios, the Mexicans defeated the United States Military forces. causing them to retreat once again. |
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* 1847 |
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**January 8–9: [[Battle of Río San Gabriel]], Mexican's block path into Los Angeles at [[Pico Rivera]]. American Troops are Victorious and the Mexicans Retreat. |
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**January 10: [[Battle of La Mesa]], Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}{{sfn|Monnette|1915}} |
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**January 13: [[Treaty of Cahuenga]], Signed by [[Andrés Pico]] & [[John C. Frémont]] ends American military action and completes the American [[Conquest of California]]. |
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===American period=== |
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* 1848 |
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** February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of [[Mexican Cession|U.S. territory]] per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]]. |
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* 1849 – Lieutenant [[Edward Ord]] surveyed Los Angeles to confirm and extend the streets of the city. His survey put the city into the real-estate business, creating its first real-estate boom and filling its treasury.<ref name="maps">{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=William Wilcox |date=1966 |title=Maps of Los Angeles; From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the Boom of the Eighties |location=Los Angeles |publisher=[[Dawson's Book Shop]]}}</ref> Street names were changed from Spanish to English. |
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* 1850 |
* 1850 |
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** April 4: Los Angeles incorporated. |
** April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** September 9: Los Angeles [[List of U.S. states by date of statehood|becomes]] part of the new U.S. state of [[California]]. |
** September 9: Los Angeles [[List of U.S. states by date of statehood|becomes]] part of the new U.S. state of [[California]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county. |
** Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Los Angeles County]] established. |
** [[Los Angeles County]] established. |
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* 1851 |
* 1851 – ''[[Los Angeles Star]]'', city's first newspaper, begins publication.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} [[Hugo Reid]], who was married to an indigenous woman [[Victoria Reid]] published his series '' [[The Indians of Los Angeles County]]'' in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent |
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* 1854 – [[Round House (Los Angeles)|Round House]] constructed. |
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* 1855 - Public school built.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1855 – First City public school building built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1860 - Los Angeles Soap Company in business.<ref name=wpa1941 /> |
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* 1859 – [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] votes to secede from [[California]] to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 1,407–441 in favor of secession.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ellison|first=William Henry|url=http://archive.org/details/jstor-30234593|title=The Movement for State Division in California, 1849–1860|date=October 1, 1913|publisher=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly|others=JSTOR}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2021}} Congress throws out secession proposal the following year amid the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} |
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* 1865 - [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)|St. Vincent's College]] opens.<ref name="Starr2007"/> |
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* 1866 - Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref> |
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=== 1860s === |
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* 1868 - Street lighting installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1860 – Los Angeles Soap Company in business, founded by [[Forthmann Carriage House|John A. Forthmann]]. {{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}} |
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* 1869 - [[Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=port>{{cite web |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/history/timeline.asp |title=Timeline of Historic Events |publisher=City of Los Angeles |author=Port of Los Angeles |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1865 – [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)]] opens.{{sfn|Starr|2007}} |
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* 1866 – Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1868 – Street lighting installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1869 |
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** October 26: [[Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=port>{{cite web |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/history/timeline.asp |title=Timeline of Historic Events |publisher=City of Los Angeles |author=Port of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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**[[William Rosecrans]] Buys ''[[Rosecrans Tract]]'' a very large portion of land in [[South Los Angeles]] an investment in which he subdivides and sells developing lots eventually beginning settlement in the area. |
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=== 1870s === |
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* 1871 |
* 1871 |
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** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]]. |
** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** ''Evening Express'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Los+Angeles&state=California&rows=50&page=2&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress | |
** ''Evening Express'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Los+Angeles&state=California&rows=50&page=2&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** [[San Pedro Harbor]] development begins. |
** [[San Pedro Harbor]] development begins.{{sfn|Newmans|1903}} |
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* 1872 |
* 1872 – [[First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles|First African Methodist Episcopal Church]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1873 |
* 1873 – ''Los Angeles Daily Herald'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC /> |
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* 1874 |
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* 1875 - [[Los Angeles and Independence Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** May: [[Tiburcio Vásquez]] California's first Notorious Celebrity was caught and apprehended after a shootout in Today's [[West Hollywood]] |
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* 1875 – [[Los Angeles and Independence Railroad]] begins operating to Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1876 |
* 1876 |
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** Southern Pacific |
** September 6 – [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] (San Francisco-Los Angeles line) begins operating Los Angeles' first link to transcontinental railroad.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Cathedral of Saint Vibiana]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Cathedral of Saint Vibiana]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Pico Canyon Oilfield]] drilled in LA Outskirts, making it the first commercially successful oil well in the [[Western United States]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Mentryville Path to Be Repaired|publisher=Daily News (Los Angeles)|date=June 17, 2007}} ("Mentryville was established in 1876 after workers drilled what became the first commercially successful oil well in the West.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Judy Raphael|title=Boomtown Bash: Tiny town of Mentryville, site of 1876 oil rush, will hold festival fund-raiser|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 8, 1998}} ("The well, known as Pico No. 4, was the first commercially successful oil well in the western U.S.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Nicholas Grudin|title=Ghosts of an Era: Mentryville Is a Monument to Both the Start and Decline of the Area's Oil Drilling Industry|publisher=Daily News (Los Angeles)|date=August 3, 2003}} ("Scofield formed California Star Oil Works, and with skilled oil man Alex Mentry, tapped the first commercial oil well in California – Pico No. 4.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jonathan Gaw|title=Oil in a Day's Work The Boom May Be Over, but a Few Wells Pump On|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 21, 1993}} ("Oil men had been groping around the canyons of the area since 1876, when the first commercially successful oil well west of Pennsylvania was built several miles south of Lechler's ranch in Pico Canyon.")</ref> and is considered the birthplace of California's oil industry. |
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* 1877 |
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** First oranges shipped to eastern markets.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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=== 1880s === |
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* 1880 |
* 1880 |
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** [[University of Southern California]] opens. |
** [[University of Southern California]] opens. |
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** Population: 11,183 city; |
** Population: 11,183 city;{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} 33,381 county. |
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* 1881 |
* 1881 – ''[[Los Angeles Times|Los Angeles Daily Times]]'' begins publication.<ref name=LOC /> |
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* 1882 |
* 1882 – [[Los Angeles State Normal School]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1883 |
* 1883 – City Railroad Company established.{{sfn|Blueprint America|2008}} |
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* 1884 |
* 1884 – Child's Grand Opera House opens.{{sfn|Smith|2007}} |
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* 1886 |
* 1886 |
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** Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating. |
** Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating. |
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** City Fire Department |
** City Fire Department{{sfn|Directory|1915}} and [[Elysian Park, Los Angeles|Elysian Park]] established. |
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** [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] |
** [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Many people arrive as a result of railroad rate war; speculative real estate boom begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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[[File:Los Angeles post office application 1880s showing rail lines and river.jpg|thumb|Map submitted to Post Office Department showing rail lines and river ({{circa|1885}})]] |
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* 1887 |
* 1887 |
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** Peak of [[1880s Southern California real estate boom]]; many towns laid out.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]] incorporated. |
** [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]] incorporated. |
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** April 20 – [[Occidental College]] founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] incoporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1888 |
* 1888 |
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** Land boom collapses.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Arcade Depot]] opens. |
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** Southern Pacific's [[Arcade Depot]] opens. |
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** [[Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce|Chamber of Commerce]] founded. |
** [[Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce|Chamber of Commerce]] founded. |
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** [[California Club]] incorporated. |
** [[California Club]] incorporated. |
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** [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
** [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1889 |
* 1889 |
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** City Parks Department |
** City Parks Department{{sfn|Parks|1988}} and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded. |
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** [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/how-orange-county-seceded-from-los-angeles.html |title= How Orange County Seceded from Los Angeles |date=August 16, 2013 |publisher= [[KCET]] |
** [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/how-orange-county-seceded-from-los-angeles.html |title= How Orange County Seceded from Los Angeles |date=August 16, 2013 |publisher= [[KCET]] }}</ref> |
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* 1890 - Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county. |
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=== 1890s === |
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* 1891 - Courthouse built.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1890 – Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county. |
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* 1892 - [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1891 – Courthouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1893 - [[Bradbury Building]] constructed. |
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* 1892 |
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* 1894 - Fiesta de Los Angeles begins.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1895 - [[Highland Park, Los Angeles|Highland Park]] becomes part of the City of Los Angeles.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** February – Oil discovered within Los Angeles City limits.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1896 - [[Griffith Park]] established.<ref name=wpa1941 /> |
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* 1893 |
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* 1897 - [[Los Angeles Country Club]] founded. |
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** [[Bradbury Building]] constructed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1899 - [[Garvanza, Los Angeles|Garvanza]] and University district become part of the City of Los Angeles.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** July 4 – [[Mount Lowe Railway]] opens north of [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]. |
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[[File:Santa Fe Railway's "La Grande" station, Los Angeles, ca. 1911 crop.jpg|thumb|La Grande Station <abbr>c.</abbr> 1911]] |
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** July 29 – [[La Grande Station]]La Grande Station railway opens. |
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* 1894 – [[Fiesta de Los Angeles]] begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1895 |
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** [[Highland Park, Los Angeles|Highland Park]] becomes part of the City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway taken over by bondholders and renamed the [[Los Angeles Railway]]{{sfn|Friedricks|1992|p=51}} |
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* 1896 |
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** May – Congress approves $2,900,000 for deep-water harbor at San Pedro.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1897 – [[Los Angeles Country Club]] founded. |
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* 1898 |
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** September 1: [[Henry E. Huntington]] and [[Isaias W. Hellman]] syndicate purchase [[Los Angeles Railway]] and begin expanding it{{sfn|Friedricks|1992|p=51}} |
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** March 5: [[Griffith Park]] presented to Los Angeles by Col. [[Griffith J. Griffith]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}} |
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* 1899 |
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** [[Garvanza, Los Angeles|Garvanza]] and University district become part of the City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Construction begins on Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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==20th century== |
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===1900s |
===1900s=== |
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* 1900 - Population: 102,479 city;<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> 170,298 county. |
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* 1901 |
* 1901 |
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** [[Angels Flight]] funicular begins operating. |
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** [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles|Children's Hospital]] founded. |
** [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles|Children's Hospital]] founded. |
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** November 1 – Huntington group incorporates the [[Pacific Electric|Pacific Electric Railway of California]]{{sfn|Friedricks|1992|p=51}} |
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* 1902 - [[Tally's Electric Theater]] opens.<ref name="Smith2007" /> |
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* 1902 |
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** [[Tally's Electric Theater]] opens.{{sfn|Smith|2007}} |
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** Los Angeles takes over water system.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1903 |
* 1903 |
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** ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' newspaper begins publication. |
** ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' newspaper begins publication.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Continental Building|Braly Building]] constructed. |
** [[Continental Building|Braly Building]] constructed. |
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** [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1905 |
* 1905 |
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** [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad]] begins operating. |
** [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad]] begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted. |
** Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted. |
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** [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
** [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Southern California Buddhist Church, the first in Los Angeles, is established on Jackson Street with its first resident minister [[Koyu Uchida]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.nishihongwanji-la.org/about-us/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (Nishi) |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 1906 |
* 1906 |
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** [[Alexandria Hotel]] in business. |
** [[Alexandria Hotel]] in business.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}} |
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** Shoestring |
** Shoestring strip, to connect Wilmington to Los Angeles, annexed to City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}} |
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** [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[Huntington Park, California|Huntington Park]], and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
** [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[Huntington Park, California|Huntington Park]], and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1907 |
* 1907 |
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** Port of Los Angeles<ref name=port /> and City Club of Los Angeles<ref>{{Citation |location = Chicago |publisher = City Club of Chicago |url = http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001753971 |title =City Clubs in America |date = 1922 }}</ref> established. |
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** Port of Los Angeles established.<ref name=port /> |
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** [[Silver Lake Reservoir]] built. |
** [[Silver Lake Reservoir]] built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}} |
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** Los Angeles Ostrich Farm |
** Los Angeles Ostrich Farm{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}} and [[Los Angeles Alligator Farm]] open. |
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* 1908 |
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* 1908 - [[Mount Wilson Observatory]] begins operating in Los Angeles County. |
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** [[Mount Wilson Observatory]] begins operating in Los Angeles County. |
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** October 1: Construction begins on [[Los Angeles Aqueduct|Owens River Aqueduct]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1909 |
* 1909 |
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** [[Selig Polyscope Company]] relocates to Los Angeles.<ref name=pbs1996 /> |
** [[Selig Polyscope Company]] relocates to Los Angeles.<ref name=pbs1996 /> |
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** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California | |
** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]] and [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] become part of the City of Los Angeles. |
** [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]] and [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] become part of the City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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=== 1910s === |
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* 1910 |
* 1910 |
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** October 1: [[Los Angeles Times bombing]]. |
** October 1: [[Los Angeles Times bombing]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles. |
** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}} |
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** [[Trolleybus]] service operates [[Laurel Canyon]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Masters |first1=Nathan |title=CityDig: The Trackless Trolleys of Laurel Canyon |journal=LAmag -Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles |date=2 April 2013 |url=https://lamag.com/news/citydig-the-trackless-trolleys-of-laurel-canyon#:~:text=Service%20began%20on%20September%202,wore%20down%20the%20hybrid%20vehicles. |language=en}}</ref> |
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** Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county. |
** Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county. |
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[[File:Cyclopedia of applied electricity - a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric (14780081682).jpg|thumb|1910-1915]] |
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* 1911 |
* 1911 |
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** [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= |
** [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=New Perspectives on the West |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title= Events (timeline) |year=1996 }}</ref> |
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** [[Pacific Electric|Pacific Electric Railway |
** [[Pacific Electric|Pacific Electric Railway Company]]{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} created from merger of eight streetcar companies. |
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** [[Loyola Marymount University|Los Angeles College]] created.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
** [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
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** [[San Fernando, California|San Fernando]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
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* 1912 - [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] established.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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* 1912 – [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1913 |
* 1913 |
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** [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]] |
** [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]] completed.<ref name=pbs1996 /> |
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** [[La Brea Tar Pits]] excavation begins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits/timeline |title=Animals of the La Brea Tar Pits: Timeline |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Page Museum | |
** [[La Brea Tar Pits]] excavation begins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits/timeline |title=Animals of the La Brea Tar Pits: Timeline |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Page Museum |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1914 |
* 1914 |
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** [[Central Station, Los Angeles|Central Station]] and [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]] |
** Southern Pacific's [[Central Station, Los Angeles|Central Station]] and [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian|Southwest Museum]]{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} open. |
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** "First ship via [[Panama Canal]] arrives." |
** "First ship via [[Panama Canal]] arrives."{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}<ref name=port /> |
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** [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1915 |
* 1915 |
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** [[Universal Studios Hollywood|Universal Studios]] begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Universal Studios Hollywood|Universal Studios]] begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[San Fernando Valley]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles. |
** [[San Fernando Valley]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}} |
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** [[Breed Street Shul|Breed Street Synagogue]] active. |
** [[Breed Street Shul|Breed Street Synagogue]] active. |
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** Japan-Los Angeles steamship begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** Japan-Los Angeles steamship begins operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** Area of city: 288 square miles.{{sfn|Guinn|1915}} |
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** Area of city: 288 square miles.<ref>{{cite journal |title=How the Area of Los Angeles City was Enlarged |author=J.M. Guinn |year=1915 |work= Publications |publisher= Historical Society of Southern California |volume=9 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=twgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173 }}</ref> |
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* 1916 |
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* 1916 - [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.<ref name=auditor1917 /> |
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** [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}} |
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* 1917 - [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Lincoln Motion Picture Company]] in business.<ref name="Berry2015">{{cite book|author1=S. Torriano Berry |author2-link= Venise T. Berry |author2= Venise T. Berry |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |year=2015 |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4702-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR19 |author1-link= S. Torriano Berry }}</ref> |
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* 1917 |
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** [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name="discoverlosangeles" /> |
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** The Southern California Buddhist Church is renamed to Hongwanji Buddhist Church of Los Angeles and is moved to [[Yamato Hall]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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* 1918 |
* 1918 |
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** [[Warner Bros. Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] |
** [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]{{sfn|Smith|2007}} and [[Otis College of Art and Design]] founded. |
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* 1919 |
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** September – [[University of California, Los Angeles|Southern branch of University of California]] is founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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=== 1920s === |
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* 1920 |
* 1920 |
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** Population: 576,673 city;<ref name= |
** Population: 576,673 city;<ref name=census1998 /> 936,455 county. |
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** [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] in business in nearby Santa Monica. |
** [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] in business in nearby Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1921 |
* 1921 |
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** May 2: the [[Los Angeles Steamship Company]] starts their five times per week overnight passenger and freight service to San Francisco |
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** Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.<ref name=wpa1941-chronology /> |
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** [[Hollywood Legion Stadium]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] and [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built. |
** [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] and [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built. |
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** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins. |
** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins. |
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** [[KFI]], [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ]] and [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] radio stations begin broadcasting.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[KFI]], [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ]] and [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] radio stations begin broadcasting.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Hollywood Bowl]] (amphitheater) and [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]] open. |
** [[Hollywood Bowl]] (amphitheater) and [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]] open. |
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** [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] completed in Pasadena.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1923 |
* 1923 |
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** Post World War I building boom reaches its peak.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Hollywoodland sign]] erected.<ref name="Tourists2013">{{cite book|title= [[Not For Tourists]] Guide to Los Angeles |year= 2014|publisher=Skyhorse |isbn=978-1-62873-583-3 |chapter=Los Angeles Timeline |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=kxoTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT414 }}</ref> |
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** [[Hollywoodland sign]] erected.{{sfn|Not for Tourists|2014}} |
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** [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] opens. |
** [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] opens. |
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** [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Biltmore Hotel]] in business. |
** [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Biltmore Hotel]] in business. |
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** [[Angelus Temple]] built.{{sfn|Starr|2007}} |
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** [[Angelus Temple]] built.<ref name="Starr2007">{{cite book|author=[[Kevin Starr]] |title=California: A History|year= 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-43075-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=-IXp7of_QxIC&pg=PR15 }}</ref> |
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** ''[[Illustrated Daily News]]'' begins publication. |
** ''[[Illustrated Daily News]]'' begins publication.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1924 |
* 1924 – [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|Harding High School]] established. |
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* 1925 |
* 1925 |
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** [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] opens. |
** [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] opens. |
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** Junior League[http://www.jlla.org/] and [[Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref> established. |
** Junior League [http://www.jlla.org/ www.jlla.org] and [[Paramahansa Yogananda|Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|url= https://archive.org/details/americasalternat00mill |url-access= registration |year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref> established. |
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** A new building for the Hongwanji Buddhist Church, designed by [[Edgar Cline]], is built.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=JANM Campus {{!}} Japanese American National Museum |url=https://www.janm.org/about/campus |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.janm.org}}</ref> |
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* 1926 |
* 1926 |
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** [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]] |
** [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]], [[El Capitan Theatre]],<ref name=treasures-hollywood /> and 28th Street [[YMCA]]<ref name="Mjagkij1994">{{cite book|author= Nina Mjagkij |title=Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyZTCw1WrCYC&pg=PA139 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2801-3 |year=1994 }}</ref> open. |
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** [[Central Library Goodhue building|Public library]] |
** June – New [[Central Library Goodhue building|Central Public library]] building completed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Shrine Auditorium]] rebuilt. |
** [[Shrine Auditorium]] rebuilt. |
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** [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]] and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] become part of City of Los Angeles. |
** [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]] and [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] become part of City of Los Angeles. |
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** [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] opens. |
** [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] opens. |
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** May 5, [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] opens for business. |
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** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established. |
** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established. |
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* 1928 |
* 1928 |
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** [[Los Angeles City Hall]] built. |
** [[Los Angeles City Hall]] built. |
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** March 13: Collapse of [[St. Francis Dam]] in nearby [[San Francisquito Canyon]]. |
** March 13: Collapse of [[St. Francis Dam]] in nearby [[San Francisquito Canyon]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[Huntington Library]] opens in Los Angeles County. |
** [[Huntington Library]] opens in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1929 |
* 1929 |
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** August: [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]] (aircraft) arrives from Tokyo. |
** August: [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]] (aircraft) arrives from Tokyo.{{sfn|Starr|2007}} |
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** [[Academy Awards]] begin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/ |title=Academy Awards through the years (timeline) |date=March 3, 2014 | |
** [[Academy Awards]] begin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/ |title=Academy Awards through the years (timeline) |date=March 3, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> |
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** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built. |
** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built. |
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** [[Nuart Theatre]] opens. |
** [[Nuart Theatre]] opens. |
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=== 1930s === |
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* 1930 |
* 1930 |
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** [[Olvera Street]] restored.<ref name=lapl-visual /> |
** [[Olvera Street]] restored.<ref name=lapl-visual /> |
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** ''[[The Hollywood Reporter|Hollywood Reporter]]'' begins publication. |
** ''[[The Hollywood Reporter|Hollywood Reporter]]'' begins publication. |
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** [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]]<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]]<ref name=treasures-hollywood>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/los-angeles/hollywood?page=2&status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles | |
** [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theatre]]<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]]<ref name=treasures-hollywood>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/los-angeles/hollywood?page=2&status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> open. |
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** [[Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock|Highland Park synagogue]] built. |
** [[Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock|Highland Park synagogue]] built. |
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** Population: 1,238,048 city; 2,208,492 county. |
** Population: 1,238,048 city; 2,208,492 county. |
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** [[Bob Hope Airport|Burbank airport]] begins operating. |
** [[Bob Hope Airport|Burbank airport]] begins operating. |
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* 1931 |
* 1931 |
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** [[Chateau Marmont |
** The [[Chateau Marmont]] is converted from an apartment building to a hotel. |
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** [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open. |
** [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open. |
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** The [[Nishi Hongan-ji|Hongwanji Temple]] in Kyoto confers ''betsuin'' status to their temple in Los Angeles, which is renamed as the ''Hompa Honwanji Los Angeles Betsuin''.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* 1932 - [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held. |
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* 1932 – [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held. |
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* 1933 |
* 1933 |
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** March 10: [[1933 Long Beach earthquake]]. |
** March 10: [[1933 Long Beach earthquake]]. |
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** June 6: [[Frank L. Shaw]] becomes mayor. |
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** October 12: [[Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933]] begins. |
** October 12: [[Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933]] begins. |
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** [[Frank L. Shaw]] becomes mayor. |
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** ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' newspaper<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]'' begin publication. |
** ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' newspaper<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]'' begin publication. |
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* 1934 |
* 1934 – Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} |
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* 1935 |
* 1935 – [[Griffith Park]] Planetarium dedicated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1936 |
* 1936 |
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** [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]] established. |
** [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]] established. |
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** [[Crossroads of the World]] shopping mall built. |
** [[Crossroads of the World]] shopping mall built. |
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*1937 |
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** Los Angeles purchases [[Los Angeles International Airport|Mines Field]] for a municipal airport.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1938 |
* 1938 |
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** [[Los Angeles flood of 1938]]. |
** [[Los Angeles flood of 1938]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** [[History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles|China City]] developed.<ref name=chssc /> |
** [[History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles|China City]] developed.<ref name=chssc /> |
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** [[CBS Columbia Square]] built. |
** [[CBS Columbia Square]] built. |
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** Mayor [[Frank L. Shaw|Shaw]] ousted; [[Fletcher Bowron]] becomes mayor. |
** Mayor [[Frank L. Shaw|Shaw]] ousted; [[Fletcher Bowron]] becomes mayor.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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* 1939 |
* 1939 |
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** [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens. |
** [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} |
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** Chandler's fictional detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' published.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** Chandler's fictional detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' published.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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=== 1940s === |
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* 1940 |
* 1940 |
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** [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]] in operation. |
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** [[Pueblo Del Rio]] housing complex built. |
** [[Pueblo Del Rio]] housing complex built. |
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** [[Turnabout Theatre]] of puppets established.<ref name=lapl-visual>{{cite web |url= http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections |title=Visual Collections |author=Los Angeles Public Library | |
** [[Turnabout Theatre]] of puppets established.<ref name=lapl-visual>{{cite web |url= http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections |title=Visual Collections |author=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=December 30, 2014 |publisher=City of Los Angeles }}</ref> |
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* 1942 |
* 1942 |
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** February: Incarceration of [[Internment of Japanese Americans|Japanese]], [[Internment of German Americans|Germans]] and [[Internment of Italian Americans|Italians]] to internment camps begins. |
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** US-Mexico [[Bracero program]] begins. |
** US-Mexico [[Bracero program]] begins. |
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** [[Parking meters]] installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Parking meters]] installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Battle of Los Angeles]] occurs. |
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* 1943 - Ethnic [[Zoot Suit Riots]] occur.<ref name="Starr2007"/> |
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* 1943 – Ethnic [[Zoot Suit Riots]] occur.{{sfn|Starr|2007}} |
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* 1944 - [[Imperial Courts]] and [[Jordan Downs]] housing projects built.<ref name=crips2008>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=Crips and Bloods: Made in America |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title=Timeline: South Central Los Angeles |year=2008 |series=Independent Lens }}</ref> |
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* 1944 – [[Imperial Courts]] and [[Jordan Downs]] housing projects built.{{sfn|Independent Lens|2008}} |
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* 1946 |
* 1946 |
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** Los Angeles Rams football team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** Los Angeles Rams football team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** Kosher Burrito in business.<ref name=pilcher2008>{{cite journal |title= Was the Taco Invented in Southern California? |author=Jeffrey M. Pilcher |journal= Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies |volume= 8 |year= 2008 |doi=10.1525/gfc.2008.8.1.26 }}</ |
** Kosher Burrito in business.<ref name=pilcher2008>{{cite journal |title= Was the Taco Invented in Southern California? |author=Jeffrey M. Pilcher |journal= Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies |volume= 8 |pages=26–38 |year= 2008 |doi=10.1525/gfc.2008.8.1.26 }}</ref>{{sfn|Best of LA|1999}} |
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* 1947 |
* 1947 – [[KTLA]] television begins broadcasting.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} |
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* 1948 – [[In-N-Out Burger]] is founded |
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* 1949 – [[Los Angeles Valley College]] opens in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. |
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===1950s |
===1950s=== |
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* 1950 |
* 1950 |
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** Fictional ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' film released.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** Fictional ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' film released.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county. |
** Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county. |
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* 1951 |
* 1951 – [[Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority]] created.{{sfn|Blueprint America|2008}} |
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* 1953 |
* 1953 – [[Four Level Interchange]] highway begins operating.<ref>{{citation |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |year=2015 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/history-cities-50-buildings |title= A history of cities in 50 buildings }}</ref> |
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* 1954 |
* 1954 – [[Church of Scientology]]{{sfn|Starr|2007}} and [[J. Paul Getty Museum|Getty Museum]]<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> open. |
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* 1955 |
* 1955 |
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** [[Nickerson Gardens]] housing complex built. |
** [[Nickerson Gardens]] housing complex built.{{sfn|Independent Lens|2008}} |
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** [[Disneyland]] amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Disneyland]] amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1956 |
* 1956 – [[Capitol Records Building|Capitol Records Tower]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1957 – [[Ferus Gallery]] of art opens.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} |
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* 1957 - [[Ferus Gallery]] of art opens.<ref name=art-context2011>{{cite web |url= http://timelines.latimes.com/art-in-context-la-from-1945-to-1980/ |title= Art in context: L.A. from 1945 to 1980 (timeline) |date=September 15, 2011 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1958 |
* 1958 – [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323061023/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2010 |title=Dodgers Timeline |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1959 |
* 1959 |
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** [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]] opens. |
** [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]] opens. |
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** [[Grammy Award]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timelines.latimes.com/grammy-awards/ |title=Grammys history and winners through the years (timeline) |date=January 26, 2014 | |
** [[Grammy Award]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timelines.latimes.com/grammy-awards/ |title=Grammys history and winners through the years (timeline) |date=January 26, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> |
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** [[KPFK]] radio begins broadcasting. |
** [[KPFK]] radio begins broadcasting.{{sfn|Pulido|2012}} |
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** [[Sister city]] relationships established with [[Eilat]], Israel; and [[Nagoya]], Japan.<ref name="SisterCities">{{cite web | url=http://sistercities.lacity.org/ | title=Sister Cities of Los Angeles | publisher=City of Los Angeles | access-date= December 30, 2015 }}</ref> |
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=== 1960s === |
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[[File:Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame established in 1960]] |
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* 1960 |
* 1960 |
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** July: [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] held. |
** July: [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] held. |
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** [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team active.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1961 |
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* 1961 - [[Theme Building]] constructed at [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]]. |
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** [[Theme Building]] constructed at [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]]. |
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** [[Pacific Electric Railway]] ceases Red Car interurban operations (last line in service was [[Long Beach (Pacific Electric)|Long Beach Line]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Cecilia |title=From the Archives: Did Auto, Oil Conspiracy Put the Brakes on Trolleys? |url=https://www.latimes.com/me-2003-los-angeles-streetcar-history-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 March 2003}}</ref> |
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* 1962 |
* 1962 |
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** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication. |
** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication. |
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** City [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument|Cultural Heritage Board]] created. |
** City [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument|Cultural Heritage Board]] created. |
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** [[Dodger Stadium]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Dodger Stadium]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Brazil.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1963 |
* 1963 |
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**Last Yellow Car metropolitan streetcar service runs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Tony |title=March 31, 1963: L.A. Streetcars Take Their Last Ride |journal=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/03/dayintech-0331-2/ |issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who killed L.A.’s streetcars? We all did |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-02/explaining-la-with-patt-morrison-who-killed-la-streetcars |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 November 2021}}</ref> |
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** [[Vincent Thomas Bridge]] opens. |
** [[Vincent Thomas Bridge]] opens. |
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** [[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]] development begins. |
** [[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]] development begins. |
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** [[Whisky a Go Go]] nightclub<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] (concert hall) opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Whisky a Go Go]] nightclub<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> and [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] (concert hall) opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[UCLA Labor Center]] and [[Los Angeles Master Chorale]] founded. |
** [[UCLA Labor Center]] and [[Los Angeles Master Chorale]] founded. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Bordeaux]], France.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1965 |
* 1965 |
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** August |
** August 11–17: [[Watts Riots]].<ref name=NYT-OnThisDay /> |
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** [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] opens on Wilshire Boulevard. |
** [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] opens on Wilshire Boulevard.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} |
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** [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]] harbor opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]] harbor opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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* 1966 |
* 1966 |
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** Los Angeles Zoo opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[Los Angeles Zoo]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Gemini G.E.L.]] art studio founded. |
** [[Gemini G.E.L.]] art studio founded.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} |
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* 1967 |
* 1967 |
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** [[Super Bowl I]] is held at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]. |
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** City's Community Analysis Bureau established.{{sfn|Vallianatos|2015}} |
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** [[Two California Plaza]] built. |
** [[Two California Plaza]] built. |
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** ''[[The Advocate |
** ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' newsletter begins publication.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} |
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** [[Mark Taper Forum]] (theatre)<ref name="Fisher2011">{{cite book|author=James Fisher|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: |
** [[Mark Taper Forum]] (theatre)<ref name="Fisher2011">{{cite book|author=James Fisher|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930–2010 |year= 2011|publisher= [[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0-8108-7950-8 |chapter= Chronology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6O5-spILIUC&pg=PR17 }}</ref> and [[Brockman Gallery]] of art{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} open. |
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** [[The Forum (Inglewood)|Forum]] (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
** [[The Forum (Inglewood)|Forum]] (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.<ref name=discoverlosangeles /> |
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** [[Los Angeles Kings]] hockey team active. |
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* 1968 - June 5: [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]]. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Berlin]], Germany.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1968 |
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** June 5: [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]]. |
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** July 3: [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] first harmonize during an impromptu meeting at the home of [[Joni Mitchell]] in [[Laurel Canyon]]. The group will come to epitomize the Laurel Canyon sound identified with L.A. into the 1970s. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Lusaka]], Zambia.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1969 – The [[Tate–LaBianca murders]] are committed by the [[Manson Family]] [[cult]]/[[Intentional community|commune]]/[[gang]] who are arrested by year's end. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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** Formation of the Crips and Pirus |
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** November: The new Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple is completed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
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=== 1970s === |
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* 1970 – Chinatown Service Center established.<ref name=chssc /> |
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**Former ''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'' [[actor]] [[Ken Osmond]] joins the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] |
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**The trial of the Manson Family cult starts on July 15. |
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* 1971 |
* 1971 |
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** January 25: Charles Manson and his cult's members are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca Murders. |
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** January 28: A [[300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building|federal building]] on [[Los Angeles Street]] is [[1971 L.A. federal building bombing|bombed]], killing a teenage employee. |
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** February 9: [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]]. |
** February 9: [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]]. |
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** March 29: The Manson Family is sentenced to death. |
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** [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] (originally named Magic Mountain) opens in Valencia. |
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** [[Los Angeles Convention Center]] opens. |
** [[Los Angeles Convention Center]] opens. |
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** [[California Institute of the Arts]] opens in nearby Valencia. |
** [[California Institute of the Arts]] opens in nearby Valencia.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} |
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** Sister city relationships established with [[Auckland]], New Zealand; and [[Busan]], South Korea.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1972 |
* 1972 |
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** ''[[Womanhouse]]'' art event occurs. |
** ''[[Womanhouse]]'' art event occurs.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}} |
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** [[Self Help Graphics & Art]] active. |
** [[Self Help Graphics & Art]] active. |
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** Sister city relationships established with [[Mumbai]], India; and [[Tehran]], Iran.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1973 |
* 1973 |
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** [[Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley]] becomes mayor.<ref name="Kelley2005">{{cite book|editor= [[Robin D. G. Kelley]] and [[Earl Lewis]] |title=To Make Our World Anew: |
** [[Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley]] becomes mayor.<ref name="Kelley2005">{{cite book|editor= [[Robin Kelley|Robin D. G. Kelley]] and [[Earl Lewis]] |title=To Make Our World Anew: a History of African Americans |year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983893-6 |chapter= Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iB5wAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 }}</ref> |
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** [[Aon Center (Los Angeles)|Aon Center]] built. |
** [[Aon Center (Los Angeles)|Aon Center]] built. |
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* 1974 - [[Bank of America Center (Los Angeles)|Security Pacific Plaza]] built. |
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* 1974 – [[Bank of America Center (Los Angeles)|Security Pacific Plaza]] built. |
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* 1975 - [[Chinese Historical Society of Southern California]] founded. |
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* 1975 – [[Chinese Historical Society of Southern California]] founded. |
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* 1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2017|title=History of the Los Angeles City Historical Society|url=http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021239/http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|archive-date=2017-02-02|access-date=2021-05-18|website=lacityhistory.org}}</ref> |
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* 1977 - [[X (American band)|X]] (musical group) formed. |
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* 1977 – [[X (American band)|X]] (musical group) formed. |
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* 1978 - ''[[LA Weekly]]'' begins publication. |
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* 1978 |
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* 1980 - Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county. |
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** ''[[L.A. Weekly]]'' begins publication. |
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** [[President Carter]] makes his first visit (May 4) |
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** [[Los Angeles Conservancy]] founded. |
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* 1979 – Sister city relationship established with [[Taipei]], Taiwan.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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**President Carter makes his second visit (May 5) |
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**The City Council passes Los Angeles' first homosexual rights bill on June 1 which Mayor Bradley sings on the next day, June 2. |
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* 1980 – Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county. |
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* 1981 – Sister city relationship established with [[Guangzhou]], China.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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**[[Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) publishes the first report from here of [[symptom]]s of what would be later known as [[AIDS]], with Los Angeles at least second or third highest reporting city for it after New York's #1 and San Francisco's # 2. |
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**[[Mötley Crüe]] formed. |
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* 1983 |
* 1983 |
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** [[Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles)|Crocker Tower]] built. |
** [[Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles)|Crocker Tower]] built. |
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** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (musical group) formed. |
** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (musical group) formed. |
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* 1984 |
* 1984 |
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** L.A. surpasses [[Chicago]] as the second largest city in the United States.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/us/los-angeles-replaces-chicago-as-second-city.html LOS ANGELES REPLACES CHICAGO AS SECOND CITY] Retrieved August 1, 2020</ref> |
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** [[1984 Summer Olympics]] held. |
** [[1984 Summer Olympics]] held. |
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** [[Forever 21]] clothier in business. |
** [[Forever 21]] clothier in business. |
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** "[[Dolores Hayden|Power of Place]]" group formed. |
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** [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
** [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] incorporated in Los Angeles County. |
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** Sister city relationships established with [[Athens]], Greece; and [[Saint Petersburg]], USSR.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1985 - [[Latino Theater Company]] founded. |
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* 1985 – [[Latino Theater Company]] founded. |
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**City Council passes Los Angeles anti-AIDS-discrimination bill that Mayor Bradley signs |
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**"Night stalker", aka [[Richard Ramirez|Night Prowler]] killer [[Richard Ramirez]] is arrested in [[East Los Angeles]]. |
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* 1986 |
* 1986 |
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** Devastating fire at the [[Los Angeles Public Library|Central Library]]. |
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** [[Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles]] established. |
** [[Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles]] established. |
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** [[Los Angeles Opera]] active. |
** [[Los Angeles Opera]] active. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1988 - [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]] founded. |
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** [[Proposition U]] passed |
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* 1989 - [[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] built. |
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* 1987 – [[1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake|Whittier Narrows earthquake]] |
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* 1988 – [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]] founded. |
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* 1989 |
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** [[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] built. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Giza]], Egypt.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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=== 1990s === |
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* 1990 |
* 1990 |
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** [[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] founded. |
** [[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] founded. |
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** [[Figueroa at Wilshire|Sanwa Bank Plaza]] built. |
** [[Figueroa at Wilshire|Sanwa Bank Plaza]] built. |
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** Population: 3,485,398.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref> |
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** [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] headquartered in nearby [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]. |
** [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] headquartered in nearby [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Jakarta]], Indonesia.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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** [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Blue Line]] opens, re-establishing light rail in the city |
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* 1991 |
* 1991 |
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** [[Gas Company Tower]] and [[777 Tower]] built. |
** [[Gas Company Tower]] and [[777 Tower]] built. |
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** [[Maxine Waters]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[California's 29th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title= |
** [[Maxine Waters]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[California's 29th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory: 103rd Congress |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1993 |chapter=California |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=75 |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |hdl=2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=75 }}</ref> |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Kaunas]], Lithuania.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1992 |
* 1992 |
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** April 29: [[1992 Los Angeles riots|Rodney King riots]] begin.<ref name=NYT-OnThisDay>{{citation |work=New York Times |url= http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/ |title= On This Day | |
** April 29: [[1992 Los Angeles riots|Rodney King riots]] begin.<ref name=NYT-OnThisDay>{{citation |work=New York Times |url= http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/ |title= On This Day |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** [[Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance]] founded. |
** [[Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance]] founded. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Makati]], Philippines.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1993 - [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] created. |
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* 1993 |
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* 1994 - January 17: [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]. |
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** [[Richard Riordan]] becomes mayor |
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* 1995 - [[Los Angeles Independent Film Festival]] and LA as Subject project<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/about |title=LA as Subject |via=[[University of Southern California Libraries]] |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref> begin. |
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** [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] created. |
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** [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Red Line]] opens. |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 1994 – January 17: [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]. |
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* 1995 |
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** City website launched.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-09-mn-2242-story.html |title=Welcome to the Wiring of the City |date=May 1995 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-16-me-14760-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date= December 1995 |title=Feuer Calls for Guidelines on Officials' Internet Sites }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19961031160856/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |url= http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |archive-date= October 31, 1996 |title=Official Site of L.A. City Government |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> |
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** [[Los Angeles Independent Film Festival]] and LA as Subject project<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/about |title=LA as Subject |via=[[University of Southern California Libraries]] |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> begin. |
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** ''[[Drudge Report]]'' begins publication. |
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** [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Green Line]] opens. |
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* 1996 |
* 1996 |
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** Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles founded.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lahistoryarchive.org/forum.html |title=Online resources related to Southern California history |publisher=LA History Archive | |
** Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles founded.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lahistoryarchive.org/forum.html |title=Online resources related to Southern California history |publisher=LA History Archive |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]] Los Angeles chapter founded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=CAIR CALIFORNIA {{!}} Greater Los Angeles Area » Our Mission & Vision|url=http://ca.cair.com/losangeles/about/our-mission-vision/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623055540/http://ca.cair.com/losangeles/about/our-mission-vision/|archive-date=2017-06-23|access-date=2021-05-18|website=ca.cair.com}}</ref> |
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** [[Paley Center for Media|Museum of Television & Radio]] opens in Beverly Hills. |
** [[Paley Center for Media|Museum of Television & Radio]] opens in Beverly Hills. |
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* 1997 |
* 1997 |
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** Homies Unidos (community group) active.[http://homiesunidos.org/about/history/] |
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** [[American Apparel]] clothier headquartered in Los Angeles. |
** [[American Apparel]] clothier headquartered in Los Angeles. |
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** The [[Getty Center]] opens in Brentwood. |
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* 1998 - ''Los Angeles Almanac'' begins publication.<ref name=lacityhistory>{{cite web |url=http://www.lacityhistory.org/resources.shtml |title=Resources |publisher= Los Angeles City Historical Society |accessdate=December 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1998 – ''Los Angeles Almanac'' begins publication.<ref name=lacityhistory>{{cite web |url=http://www.lacityhistory.org/resources.shtml |title=Resources |publisher= Los Angeles City Historical Society |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1999 - [[Staples Center]] (sports arena) opens. |
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** [[California Science Center]] opens to the public. |
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* 1999 – [[Staples Center]] (sports arena) opens. |
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* 2000 |
* 2000 |
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** August: [[2000 Democratic National Convention]] held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/archivesandspecialcollections/cslaresearchcollection/ |title=CSLA Research Collection: List of Collections |author=Center for the Study of Los Angeles |publisher=Loyola Marymount University | |
** August: [[2000 Democratic National Convention]] held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/archivesandspecialcollections/cslaresearchcollection/ |title=CSLA Research Collection: List of Collections |author=Center for the Study of Los Angeles |publisher=Loyola Marymount University |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** Los Angeles Police [[Rampart scandal]] report issued. |
** Los Angeles Police [[Rampart scandal]] report issued. |
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* 2001 - [[Dolby Theatre|Kodak Theatre]] opens. |
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* 2002 - [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels]] built. |
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=== 2000s === |
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* 2001 |
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** [[James Hahn]] becomes mayor |
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**[[Dolby Theatre|Kodak Theatre]] opens. |
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** [[Disney California Adventure]] opens adjacent to Disneyland. |
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* 2002 – [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels]] built. |
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* 2003 |
* 2003 |
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** [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timelines.latimes.com/walt-disney-concert-hall-timeline/ |title=Walt Disney Concert Hall through the years (timeline) |date=September 13, 2013 | |
** [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timelines.latimes.com/walt-disney-concert-hall-timeline/ |title=Walt Disney Concert Hall through the years (timeline) |date=September 13, 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> and Chinese American Museum<ref name=chssc /> open. |
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** [[Los Angeles Derby Dolls]] (rollerderby) team formed. |
** [[Los Angeles Derby Dolls]] (rollerderby) team formed. |
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* 2004 |
** [[L Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Gold Line]] opens. |
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* 2004 – [[National Day Laborer Organizing Network]] headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} |
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* 2005 |
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* 2005 - [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] becomes mayor.<ref name="Starr2007"/> |
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** [[Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority]] [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless]] census begins.<ref>{{citation |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0604-homeless-count-20150604-story.html |title=L.A. County has its most accurate count yet of its homeless population |date= June 4, 2015 }}</ref> |
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** [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] becomes mayor.{{sfn|Starr|2007}} |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[San Salvador]], El Salvador.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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** [[G Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Orange Line]] opens. |
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* 2006 |
* 2006 |
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** [[LA Weekly Detour Music Festival]] begins. |
** [[LA Weekly Detour Music Festival]] begins. |
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** Sister city relationships established with [[Beirut]], Lebanon; and [[Ischia, Campania|Ischia]], Italy.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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** City Office of Historic Resources created.[http://preservation.lacity.org/about] |
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** [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Purple Line]] opens. |
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* 2007 |
* 2007 |
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** May 1: [[2007 MacArthur Park rallies]]. |
** May 1: [[2007 MacArthur Park rallies]]. |
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** Los Angeles Theatre Center opens. |
** Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|title=Los Angeles Theatre Center {{!}} History and Background|url=http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206221001/http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|archive-date=2015-02-06|access-date=2021-05-18|website=thelatc.org}}</ref> |
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref name="SisterCities" /> |
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* 2008 - Los Angeles Heritage Alliance formed.[http://laheritage.blogspot.com/2008/05/la-heritage-alliance-formed.html] |
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* 2008 |
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* 2009 - ''Los Angeles Times''' [[Mapping L.A.]] project begins. |
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** [[Anime Expo]] first arrives at the Los Angeles Convention Center |
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** First [[DineLA Restaurant Week]] was held<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fine dining becomes affordable |url=https://dailybruin.com/2008/02/03/fine-dining-becomes-affordable/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Daily Bruin}}</ref> |
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* 2009 – ''Los Angeles Times''' [[Mapping L.A.]] project begins. |
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** [[J Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Sliver Line]] opens. |
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=== 2010s === |
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* 2010 |
* 2010 |
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** Population: 3,792,621 city;<ref name=quickfacts2010>{{cite web |url= |
** Population: 3,792,621 city;<ref name=quickfacts2010>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |title=Los Angeles (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902144845/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 }}</ref> 9,818,605 county; [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|metro]] 12,828,837.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/026/508.php |year=2012 |title= Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010) |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref> |
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** Area of city: 503 square miles. |
** Area of city: 503 square miles. |
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* 2011 |
* 2011 |
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** October 1: [[Occupy Los Angeles]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timelines.latimes.com/occupy-wall-street-movement/ |title=Occupy Wall Street: Timeline | |
** October 1: [[Occupy Los Angeles]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timelines.latimes.com/occupy-wall-street-movement/ |title=Occupy Wall Street: Timeline |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> |
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** QuakeBot [[Computer-assisted reporting|in use]].<ref>{{citation |url= |
** QuakeBot [[Computer-assisted reporting|in use]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/how_an_algorithm_helped_the_lat_scoop_mondays_quake.php |work=Columbia Journalism Review |title=How an algorithm helped the LAT scoop Monday's quake |date=March 18, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 2012 |
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* 2012 - ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]'' begins publication. |
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**[[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Expo Line]] opens. |
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* 2013 - [[Eric Garcetti]] becomes mayor. |
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** ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]'' begins publication. |
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** [[Wilshire Grand Tower]], the new tallest building in the city begins groundbreaking in downtown LA. |
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** September 19–21: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]] makes final landing at LAX. |
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** [[FIGat7th]] Reopens the newly constructed center happened in fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brighamyen.com/2012/10/05/city-target-opens-next-week-sprinkles-and-the-melt-sign-on-at-figat7th-in-downtown-la | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008000708/http://brighamyen.com/2012/10/05/city-target-opens-next-week-sprinkles-and-the-melt-sign-on-at-figat7th-in-downtown-la/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=October 8, 2012 | title=City Target Opens Next Week, Sprinkles and the Melt Sign on at FIGat7th in Downtown LA | DTLA RISING | date=October 5, 2012 }}</ref> |
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* 2013 |
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** [[Eric Garcetti]] becomes mayor. |
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** Population: 3,884,307.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb14-89_pop_table3.pdf |year=2014 |title= The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013 |publisher=US Census Bureau |quote= Vintage 2013 Population Estimates}}</ref> |
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* 2014 |
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** ''DataLA'' (city data website) begins publication.{{sfn|Vallianatos|2015}} |
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** The long-stalled Metropolis Towers breaks ground and begins construction in downtown LA. |
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* 2015 |
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** August: [[Shade balls]] put into [[Los Angeles Aqueduct|Los Angeles Reservoir]] during [[2015 California drought]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.citylab.com/tech/2015/08/la-covers-its-reservoirs-with-millions-of-shade-balls/401066 |work=City Lab |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Group |title=L.A. Covers Its Reservoirs With Millions of 'Shade Balls' |date=August 12, 2015 }}</ref> |
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** A massive natural gas leak in the [[Santa Susana Mountains]] near [[Porter Ranch, Los Angeles|Porter Ranch]], also known as [[Aliso Canyon gas leak]], was discovered. |
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* 2016 |
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** [[Los Angeles Rams]] [[NFL]] football team moves back to Los Angeles. |
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** ET94 Space Shuttle fuel tank arrives in LA at the California Science Center. |
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* 2017 |
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** [[Measure S]] fails |
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** [[Los Angeles Chargers]] NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles. |
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** Los Angeles population reaches 4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/01/los-angeles-population-jumps-by-40000-now-tops-4-million/|title=Los Angeles' Population Jumps By 40,000, Now Tops 4 Million|date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> |
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** Los Angeles is [[Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics|selected]] as the host city for the [[2028 Summer Olympics]]. |
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* 2018 – [[Woolsey Fire]] burns across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. |
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* 2019 |
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** [[Typhus]] outbreak spreads in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 1, 2019|title=Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/typhus-epidemic-worsens-in-los-angeles/1238/ |access-date=2021-05-17|website=nbclosangeles.com}}</ref> |
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** [[Bracero Monument]] by Dan Medina installed with 19-foot-tall featuring a bronze sculpture of a Mexican migrant and his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles |url=http://publicartinla.com/UnionStation/bracero_monument.html |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Public Art in LA |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130113/http://publicartinla.com/UnionStation/bracero_monument.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Monument honoring 'braceros,' Mexican migrant workers, unveiled in downtown L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-29/migrants-bend-plaza-bracero-monument |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130143/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-29/migrants-bend-plaza-bracero-monument |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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** [[2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States|Teachers in LA]] went on strike at the beginning of the year with about 30,000 following a string of success across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Abigail Johnson |title=Teachers in Los Angeles want more than a raise—here's why over 30,000 just went on strike |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/teachers-in-los-angeles-want-more-than-just-a-raise--heres-why-over-30000-are-on-strike-today-.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> |
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** The construction of $44 million affordable housing of low income in [[Willowbrook, California]], is now completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/44-million-senior-affordable-development-completed-willowbrook|title=$44-Million Senior Affordable Development Completed in Willowbrook|date=February 7, 2019|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref> |
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** Construction of [[Oceanwide Plaza]], halted in 2019 in Downtown LA. |
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=== 2020s === |
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* 2020 |
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** January 26 – American professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|helicopter crash]]. |
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** Los Angeles was hardest-hit by [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], which put few thousands of residents out of work, and shifted others to work at home. |
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** [[Oceanwide Plaza]] remains uncompleted as Chinese foreign real estate investment capital pulled out due to the [[China–United States trade war]]. |
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** 48 apartments could replace single family home in downtown L.A.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/48-apartments-could-replace-single-family-home-south-la|title=48 Apartments Could Replace Single-Family Home in South L.A.|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref> |
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** Hotel-Residential project at Wilshire takes another step forward, which will be completed in 2023. There are 14 residences in affordable units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/hotel-residential-project-wilshire-la-brea-takes-another-step-forward|title=Hotel-Residential Project at Wilshire & La Brea Takes Another Step Forward|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref> |
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** May 29–31 – [[George Floyd protests|Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests]] occurs in [[Downtown Los Angeles]], [[Central LA]], & [[Santa Monica]] |
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** September 8 – [[SoFi Stadium]] opens in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], which occupies the former site of the [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]]. |
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** October 11 – The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] win the [[2020 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], their first championship since 2010. |
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** October 27 – The [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] win the [[2020 World Series|World Series]], their first championship since 1988. |
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* 2021 |
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** November 16: The naming rights of the Staples Center is acquired by [[Crypto.com]], renaming it to the [[Crypto.com Arena]]. |
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* 2022 |
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** February 13: [[Los Angeles Rams]] win [[Super Bowl LVI]] at [[SoFi Stadium]]. |
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** May 22: [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] opens its first clothing store in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=Jasmine |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Amazon's first clothing store opens its doors in Los Angeles |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141479/amazon-style-clothing-retail-los-angeles-fashion |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> |
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** October 9 - [[2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal]], an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal. |
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** October 12: City council president [[Nury Martinez]] resigns amid a [[2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal|racism scandal]]. |
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** December 12: [[Karen Bass]] is sworn in as mayor, becoming the city's first woman to serve as mayor. |
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* 2023 |
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** May–November: The [[2023 Hollywood labor disputes]] occur primarily in Los Angeles and New York City. |
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* 2024 |
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** April–May: [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|Pro-Palestinian campus protests]] occur in a number of LA-based universities, including [[2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation|UCLA]] and [[2024 University of Southern California pro-Palestinian campus occupation|USC]]. |
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** August 15: [[Intuit Dome]] opens in Inglewood. |
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** September: The [[Bridge Fire]] burns in Angeles National Forest. |
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=== Future events === |
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* 2026 |
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** [[2026 FIFA World Cup]] |
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* 2028 |
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** [[2028 Summer Olympics]] |
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** [[2028 Summer Paralympics]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles]] |
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* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California]] |
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* [[Timeline of California]]<ref>{{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |publisher=Hastings House |location=New York |series= [[American Guide Series]] |title=California: Guide to the Golden State |year= 1939 |via=Open Library |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/californiaguidet00federich#page/687/mode/1up |author-link=Federal Writers' Project }}</ref> |
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* Timelines of other [[List of cities and towns in California|cities]] in the [[Largest cities in Southern California|Southern California]] area of California: [[Timeline of Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], [[Timeline of Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], [[Timeline of Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[Timeline of Riverside, California|Riverside]], [[Timeline of San Bernardino, California history|San Bernardino]], [[Timeline of San Diego|San Diego]], [[Timeline of Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] |
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* [[Timeline of Fresno, California]] |
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* [[Timeline of Oakland, California]] |
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* [[Timeline of Sacramento, California]] |
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* [[Timeline of San Diego]] |
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* [[Timeline of San Francisco]] |
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* [[Timeline of San Jose, California]] |
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==References== |
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* {{cite book|title= Not For Tourists Guide to Los Angeles |year= 2014|publisher=Skyhorse |isbn=978-1-62873-583-3 |chapter=Los Angeles Timeline |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxoTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT414 |
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The following is a general historical timeline of the city of Los Angeles, California in the United States of America.
Pre-Columbian era
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- 8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area.
- Angeles Mesa skeletons Remains of Indigenous people Discovered in Ballona Plain,1924
- La Brea Woman 10,250 year old BP Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in La Brea Tar Pits,1914
- 2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean) peoples entered the LA basin, absorbing or displacing the previous Hokan-speaking peoples
15th century
[edit]English exploration
[edit]- 1542
- October 8: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails from Catalina Island to San Pedro Bay and names it Bay of Smoke.
- October 9: Cabrillo Anchors in Santa Monica Bay then Departs North.
- November 23: Cabrillo on his return trip Anchors and Lands in Catalina Island to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later.
17th century
[edit]- 1602
- November 20: Sebastián Vizcaíno Anchors and lands in Catalina Island for a short time during his voyage northward.[citation needed]
18th century
[edit]Spanish colonization
[edit]- 1769
- Late July: José Francisco Ortega scout leader for the Portolá expedition is the first non-indigenous person to explore the LA Basin via a land trail.
- 1771
- September 8: Original San Gabriel Mission is Built near Whittier Narrows.
- 1776 – Original San Gabriel Mission is destroyed in a flash flood forcing the Priest to move the location 5 miles north. Building the new Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
- 1781
- September 4: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula founded in colonial New Spain by 44 settlers, 20 of whom were of African American or Native American descent.[1][2]
- 1790's – Vicente Sanchez Adobe is built in the Eastern Foothills of Baldwin Hills
- 1795 – Construction commences on the Casa de Rancho San Antonio completed in 1810.
19th century
[edit]- 1818 – Avila Adobe built.[3]
- 1820 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 650 [4]
Mexican period
[edit]- 1821
- Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes, Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor.
- September 28: In Mexico City, the Mexican Empire declares independence; news would reach California months later.[5]
- 1822
- Joseph John Chapman an Anglo-American then one of the earliest English-speaking settlers and builders of Mexican Alta California. Chapman Helps to build the roof of La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles .[6]: 393
- April 9: A junta in Monterey headed by governor De Solá swear an oath allegiance of the Alta California Province to the Mexican Empire; in the following days, public oaths were taken in the pueblos and missions of Alta California.[5]
- May: José Palomares goes to Monterey as the elector selected to represent the pueblo de Los Ángeles in the election of a deputy from the province to the Congress.[5]
- 1823
- Rancho Las Ciénegas, Land Granted to Francisco Avila, by CA Governor.
- 1826
- November 27: Jedediah Smith an Anglo-American Explorer arrives at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel from the Great Salt Lake area, making him the first American to reach Alta California via a land route
- 1827 – Jonathan Temple and John Rice opened the first general store in the pueblo, soon followed by J. D. Leandry.[7]
- 1828 - Rancho La Brea, Land Granted to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez, by LA Mayor.
- 1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.[1]
- 1831
- Jean-Louis Vignes bought 104 acres (0.42 km2) of land located between the original Pueblo and the banks of the Los Angeles River. He planted a vineyard and prepared to make wine.[8]
- Rancho Rosa Castilla, Land Granted to Juan Ballesteros, by CA Governor.
- 1833 – Los Angeles Trade and commerce further increased with the secularization of the California missions by the Mexican Congress. Extensive mission lands suddenly became available to government officials, ranchers, and land speculators. The governor made more than 800 land grants during this period to wealthy Californios.
- 1834
- Governor Pico married Maria Ignacio Alvarado in the Plaza church. It was attended by the entire population of the pueblo, 800 people, plus hundreds from elsewhere in Alta California.
- Rancho San Pascual, Land Granted to Juan Marine, by CA Governor.
- 1835
- May 23: On the advice of the territory's deputy, José Carrillo, Los Angeles, is given the title of Ciudad and was declared the capital of the Alta California Territory by the Mexican Congress.[1] The de facto capital remained in Monterey until decades later and the decision furthered political tensions in the territory.
- 1836 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets.
- 1839 – Francisco Sepúlveda is granted land Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica which later developed as the west side of Los Angeles.[9]
- 1841 – Los Angeles City Population: 1,680 [4]
- 1845 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated again to present-day Boyle Heights.
American invasion
[edit]- 1846
- August 6: US Navy Commodore Robert F. Stockton lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near Casa de San Pedro
- August 13: Stockton and Frémont rendezvous South of Los Angeles to commence the Capture of the City.
- September 23–30: Siege of Los Angeles, a Civil rebellion against American occupation led By Jose Maria Flores recaptures Los Angeles from U.S. forces, U.S. Officer Gillespie is forced to retreat to San Pedro Camp.
- October 6: U.S. troops under William Mervine land in San Pedro to attempt to recapture Los Angeles.
- October 8–9: Battle of Dominguez Rancho, US Marines engage in a battle with the Mexican Californios, the Mexicans defeated the United States Military forces. causing them to retreat once again.
- 1847
- January 8–9: Battle of Río San Gabriel, Mexican's block path into Los Angeles at Pico Rivera. American Troops are Victorious and the Mexicans Retreat.
- January 10: Battle of La Mesa, Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.[1][10]
- January 13: Treaty of Cahuenga, Signed by Andrés Pico & John C. Frémont ends American military action and completes the American Conquest of California.
American period
[edit]- 1848
- February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of U.S. territory per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- 1849 – Lieutenant Edward Ord surveyed Los Angeles to confirm and extend the streets of the city. His survey put the city into the real-estate business, creating its first real-estate boom and filling its treasury.[11] Street names were changed from Spanish to English.
- 1850
- April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.[1]
- September 9: Los Angeles becomes part of the new U.S. state of California.[1]
- Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.[1]
- Los Angeles County established.
- 1851 – Los Angeles Star, city's first newspaper, begins publication.[12] Hugo Reid, who was married to an indigenous woman Victoria Reid published his series The Indians of Los Angeles County in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
- 1854 – Round House constructed.
- 1855 – First City public school building built.[1]
- 1859 – Los Angeles County votes to secede from California to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 1,407–441 in favor of secession.[13][page needed] Congress throws out secession proposal the following year amid the Civil War.[citation needed]
1860s
[edit]- 1860 – Los Angeles Soap Company in business, founded by John A. Forthmann. [14]
- 1865 – Loyola High School (Los Angeles) opens.[15]
- 1866 – Town Square established.[16]
- 1868 – Street lighting installed.[16]
- 1869
- October 26: Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad begins operating.[17]
- William Rosecrans Buys Rosecrans Tract a very large portion of land in South Los Angeles an investment in which he subdivides and sells developing lots eventually beginning settlement in the area.
1870s
[edit]- 1871
- October 24: Anti-Chinese unrest.[1]
- Evening Express newspaper begins publication.[18]
- San Pedro Harbor development begins.[19]
- 1872 – First African Methodist Episcopal Church established.[16]
- 1873 – Los Angeles Daily Herald newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1874
- May: Tiburcio Vásquez California's first Notorious Celebrity was caught and apprehended after a shootout in Today's West Hollywood
- 1875 – Los Angeles and Independence Railroad begins operating to Santa Monica.[1]
- 1876
- September 6 – Southern Pacific Railroad (San Francisco-Los Angeles line) begins operating Los Angeles' first link to transcontinental railroad.[1]
- Cathedral of Saint Vibiana built.[16]
- Pico Canyon Oilfield drilled in LA Outskirts, making it the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States[20][21][22][23] and is considered the birthplace of California's oil industry.
- 1877
- First oranges shipped to eastern markets.[1]
1880s
[edit]- 1880
- University of Southern California opens.
- Population: 11,183 city;[1] 33,381 county.
- 1881 – Los Angeles Daily Times begins publication.[18]
- 1882 – Los Angeles State Normal School opens.[1]
- 1883 – City Railroad Company established.[24]
- 1884 – Child's Grand Opera House opens.[25]
- 1886
- Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating.
- City Fire Department[26] and Elysian Park established.
- Pasadena and Santa Monica incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- Many people arrive as a result of railroad rate war; speculative real estate boom begins.[1]
- 1887
- Peak of 1880s Southern California real estate boom; many towns laid out.[1]
- Los Angeles Athletic Club incorporated.
- April 20 – Occidental College founded.[1]
- Pomona incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1888
- Land boom collapses.[1]
- Southern Pacific's Arcade Depot opens.
- Chamber of Commerce founded.
- California Club incorporated.
- Long Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1889
- City Parks Department[27] and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded.
- Orange County established.[28]
1890s
[edit]- 1890 – Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county.
- 1891 – Courthouse built.[1]
- 1892
- Redondo Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- February – Oil discovered within Los Angeles City limits.[1]
- 1893
- Bradbury Building constructed.[1]
- July 4 – Mount Lowe Railway opens north of Pasadena.
- July 29 – La Grande StationLa Grande Station railway opens.
- 1894 – Fiesta de Los Angeles begins.[1]
- 1895
- Highland Park becomes part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]
- Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway taken over by bondholders and renamed the Los Angeles Railway[29]
- 1896
- May – Congress approves $2,900,000 for deep-water harbor at San Pedro.[1]
- 1897 – Los Angeles Country Club founded.
- 1898
- September 1: Henry E. Huntington and Isaias W. Hellman syndicate purchase Los Angeles Railway and begin expanding it[29]
- March 5: Griffith Park presented to Los Angeles by Col. Griffith J. Griffith.[14]
- 1899
20th century
[edit]1900s
[edit]- 1901
- Angels Flight funicular begins operating.
- Children's Hospital founded.
- November 1 – Huntington group incorporates the Pacific Electric Railway of California[29]
- 1902
- Tally's Electric Theater opens.[25]
- Los Angeles takes over water system.[1]
- 1903
- Los Angeles Examiner newspaper begins publication.[1]
- Braly Building constructed.
- 1905
- Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad begins operating.[1]
- Design of the seal of the City of Los Angeles adopted.
- Vernon incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- Southern California Buddhist Church, the first in Los Angeles, is established on Jackson Street with its first resident minister Koyu Uchida.[30]
- 1906
- Alexandria Hotel in business.[14]
- Shoestring strip, to connect Wilmington to Los Angeles, annexed to City of Los Angeles.[31]
- Glendale, Huntington Park, and Watts incorporated in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1907
- Port of Los Angeles[17] and City Club of Los Angeles[32] established.
- Silver Lake Reservoir built.[14]
- Los Angeles Ostrich Farm[14] and Los Angeles Alligator Farm open.
- 1908
- Mount Wilson Observatory begins operating in Los Angeles County.
- October 1: Construction begins on Owens River Aqueduct.[1]
- 1909
- Selig Polyscope Company relocates to Los Angeles.[33]
- City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.[34]
- San Pedro and Wilmington become part of the City of Los Angeles.[1]
1910s
[edit]- 1910
- October 1: Los Angeles Times bombing.[1]
- East Hollywood and Hollywood become part of City of Los Angeles.[31]
- Trolleybus service operates Laurel Canyon.[35]
- Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county.
- 1911
- Nestor Studios begin operating.[33]
- Pacific Electric Railway Company[1] created from merger of eight streetcar companies.
- Los Angeles College created.[1]
- Burbank incorporated in Los Angeles County.
- San Fernando incorporated in Los Angeles County.
- 1912 – County of Los Angeles Public Library established.[1]
- 1913
- Los Angeles Aqueduct completed.[33]
- La Brea Tar Pits excavation begins.[36]
- 1914
- Southern Pacific's Central Station and Southwest Museum[1] open.
- "First ship via Panama Canal arrives."[1][17]
- Beverly Hills incorporated in Los Angeles County.[16]
- 1915
- Universal Studios begins operating.[16]
- San Fernando Valley becomes part of City of Los Angeles.[31]
- Breed Street Synagogue active.
- Japan-Los Angeles steamship begins operating.[16]
- Area of city: 288 square miles.[37]
- 1916
- Westgate becomes part of City of Los Angeles.[31]
- Lincoln Motion Picture Company in business.[38]
- 1917
- Culver City incorporated in Los Angeles County.[16]
- The Southern California Buddhist Church is renamed to Hongwanji Buddhist Church of Los Angeles and is moved to Yamato Hall.[30]
- 1918
- Warner Bros. Studios begin operating.[16]
- Los Angeles Philharmonic[25] and Otis College of Art and Design founded.
- 1919
- September – Southern branch of University of California is founded.[1]
1920s
[edit]- 1920
- Population: 576,673 city;[39] 936,455 county.
- Douglas Aircraft Company in business in nearby Santa Monica.[1]
- 1921
- May 2: the Los Angeles Steamship Company starts their five times per week overnight passenger and freight service to San Francisco
- Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.[1]
- Hollywood Masonic Temple and Hollyhock House (residence) built.
- Watts Towers sculpture construction begins.
- Chouinard Art Institute founded.
- Ambassador Hotel in business.
- 1922
- KFI, KHJ and KNX radio stations begin broadcasting.[16]
- Hollywood Bowl (amphitheater) and Grauman's Egyptian Theatre open.
- Rose Bowl completed in Pasadena.[1]
- 1923
- Post World War I building boom reaches its peak.[1]
- Hollywoodland sign erected.[40]
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens.
- Biltmore Hotel in business.
- Angelus Temple built.[15]
- Illustrated Daily News begins publication.[1]
- 1924 – Harding High School established.
- 1925
- Grand Olympic Auditorium opens.
- Junior League www.jlla.org and Yogananda Self-Realization Fellowship[41] established.
- A new building for the Hongwanji Buddhist Church, designed by Edgar Cline, is built.[30][42]
- 1926
- Orpheum Theatre, El Capitan Theatre,[43] and 28th Street YMCA[44] open.
- June – New Central Public library building completed.[1]
- Shrine Auditorium rebuilt.
- Venice and Watts become part of City of Los Angeles.
- La Opinión Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1927
- Grauman's Chinese Theatre opens.
- May 5, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel opens for business.
- Barnsdall Art Park established.
- 1928
- Los Angeles City Hall built.
- March 13: Collapse of St. Francis Dam in nearby San Francisquito Canyon.[1]
- Huntington Library opens in Los Angeles County.[1]
- 1929
- August: Graf Zeppelin (aircraft) arrives from Tokyo.[15]
- Academy Awards begin.[45]
- Los Angeles Board of Trade Building and Bullocks Wilshire department store built.
- Nuart Theatre opens.
1930s
[edit]- 1930
- Olvera Street restored.[46]
- Hollywood Reporter begins publication.
- Greek Theatre[16] and Pantages Theatre[43] open.
- Highland Park synagogue built.
- Population: 1,238,048 city; 2,208,492 county.
- Burbank airport begins operating.
- 1931
- The Chateau Marmont is converted from an apartment building to a hotel.
- Figueroa Street Tunnels open.
- The Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto confers betsuin status to their temple in Los Angeles, which is renamed as the Hompa Honwanji Los Angeles Betsuin.[30]
- 1932 – 1932 Summer Olympics held.
- 1933
- March 10: 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
- June 6: Frank L. Shaw becomes mayor.
- October 12: Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933 begins.
- Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper[16] and Daily Variety begin publication.
- 1934 – Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.[12]
- 1935 – Griffith Park Planetarium dedicated.[1]
- 1936
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles established.
- Crossroads of the World shopping mall built.
- 1937
- Los Angeles purchases Mines Field for a municipal airport.[1]
- 1938
- Los Angeles flood of 1938.[1]
- China City developed.[34]
- CBS Columbia Square built.
- Mayor Shaw ousted; Fletcher Bowron becomes mayor.[1]
- 1939
- Union Station opens.[1]
- Chandler's fictional detective novel The Big Sleep published.[16]
1940s
[edit]- 1940
- Arroyo Seco Parkway opens.[16]
- United States Court House built.
- 1941
- Los Angeles Airport in operation.
- Pueblo Del Rio housing complex built.
- Turnabout Theatre of puppets established.[46]
- 1942
- February: Incarceration of Japanese, Germans and Italians to internment camps begins.
- US-Mexico Bracero program begins.
- Parking meters installed.[16]
- Battle of Los Angeles occurs.
- 1943 – Ethnic Zoot Suit Riots occur.[15]
- 1944 – Imperial Courts and Jordan Downs housing projects built.[47]
- 1946
- 1947 – KTLA television begins broadcasting.[12]
- 1948 – In-N-Out Burger is founded
- 1949 – Los Angeles Valley College opens in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley.
1950s
[edit]- 1950
- Fictional Sunset Boulevard film released.[16]
- Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county.
- 1951 – Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created.[24]
- 1953 – Four Level Interchange highway begins operating.[50]
- 1954 – Church of Scientology[15] and Getty Museum[16] open.
- 1955
- Nickerson Gardens housing complex built.[47]
- Disneyland amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.[16]
- 1956 – Capitol Records Tower built.[16]
- 1957 – Ferus Gallery of art opens.[51]
- 1958 – Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team active.[52]
- 1959
- Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opens.
- Grammy Award begins.[53]
- KPFK radio begins broadcasting.[54]
- Sister city relationships established with Eilat, Israel; and Nagoya, Japan.[55]
1960s
[edit]- 1960
- July: 1960 Democratic National Convention held.
- Hollywood Walk of Fame established.[16]
- Los Angeles Lakers basketball team active.[16]
- 1961
- Theme Building constructed at Los Angeles Airport.
- Pacific Electric Railway ceases Red Car interurban operations (last line in service was Long Beach Line).[56]
- 1962
- Los Angeles Herald-Examiner newspaper in publication.
- City Cultural Heritage Board created.
- Dodger Stadium opens.[16]
- Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.[55]
- 1963
- Last Yellow Car metropolitan streetcar service runs.[57][58]
- Vincent Thomas Bridge opens.
- Century City development begins.
- 1964
- Whisky a Go Go nightclub[16] and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (concert hall) opens.[16]
- UCLA Labor Center and Los Angeles Master Chorale founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Bordeaux, France.[55]
- 1965
- August 11–17: Watts Riots.[59]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens on Wilshire Boulevard.[51]
- Marina del Rey harbor opens in Los Angeles County.[16]
- 1966
- Los Angeles Zoo opens.[16]
- Gemini G.E.L. art studio founded.[51]
- 1967
- Super Bowl I is held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
- City's Community Analysis Bureau established.[60]
- Two California Plaza built.
- The Advocate newsletter begins publication.[12]
- Mark Taper Forum (theatre)[61] and Brockman Gallery of art[51] open.
- Forum (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.[16]
- Los Angeles Kings hockey team active.
- Sister city relationship established with Berlin, Germany.[55]
- 1968
- June 5: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
- July 3: Crosby, Stills and Nash first harmonize during an impromptu meeting at the home of Joni Mitchell in Laurel Canyon. The group will come to epitomize the Laurel Canyon sound identified with L.A. into the 1970s.
- Sister city relationship established with Lusaka, Zambia.[55]
- 1969 – The Tate–LaBianca murders are committed by the Manson Family cult/commune/gang who are arrested by year's end.
- Sister city relationship established with Mexico City, Mexico.[55]
- Formation of the Crips and Pirus
- November: The new Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple is completed.[30][42]
1970s
[edit]- 1970 – Chinatown Service Center established.[34]
- Former Leave it to Beaver actor Ken Osmond joins the Los Angeles Police Department
- The trial of the Manson Family cult starts on July 15.
- 1971
- January 25: Charles Manson and his cult's members are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca Murders.
- January 28: A federal building on Los Angeles Street is bombed, killing a teenage employee.
- February 9: 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
- March 29: The Manson Family is sentenced to death.
- Six Flags Magic Mountain (originally named Magic Mountain) opens in Valencia.
- Los Angeles Convention Center opens.
- California Institute of the Arts opens in nearby Valencia.[51]
- Sister city relationships established with Auckland, New Zealand; and Busan, South Korea.[55]
- 1972
- Womanhouse art event occurs.[51]
- Self Help Graphics & Art active.
- Sister city relationships established with Mumbai, India; and Tehran, Iran.[55]
- 1973
- Tom Bradley becomes mayor.[62]
- Aon Center built.
Formation of the Bloods
- 1974 – Security Pacific Plaza built.
- 1975 – Chinese Historical Society of Southern California founded.
- 1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.[63]
- 1977 – X (musical group) formed.
- 1978
- L.A. Weekly begins publication.
- President Carter makes his first visit (May 4)
- Los Angeles Conservancy founded.
- 1979 – Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.[55]
- President Carter makes his second visit (May 5)
- The City Council passes Los Angeles' first homosexual rights bill on June 1 which Mayor Bradley sings on the next day, June 2.
1980s
[edit]- 1980 – Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county.
- 1981 – Sister city relationship established with Guangzhou, China.[55]
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishes the first report from here of symptoms of what would be later known as AIDS, with Los Angeles at least second or third highest reporting city for it after New York's #1 and San Francisco's # 2.
- Mötley Crüe formed.
- 1983
- Crocker Tower built.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (musical group) formed.
- 1984
- L.A. surpasses Chicago as the second largest city in the United States.[64]
- 1984 Summer Olympics held.
- Forever 21 clothier in business.
- "Power of Place" group formed.
- West Hollywood incorporated in Los Angeles County.
- Sister city relationships established with Athens, Greece; and Saint Petersburg, USSR.[55]
- 1985 – Latino Theater Company founded.
- City Council passes Los Angeles anti-AIDS-discrimination bill that Mayor Bradley signs
- "Night stalker", aka Night Prowler killer Richard Ramirez is arrested in East Los Angeles.
- 1986
- Devastating fire at the Central Library.
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles established.
- Los Angeles Opera active.
- Sister city relationship established with Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[55]
- Proposition U passed
- 1987 – Whittier Narrows earthquake
- 1988 – Museum of Jurassic Technology founded.
- 1989
- U.S. Bank Tower built.
- Sister city relationship established with Giza, Egypt.[55]
1990s
[edit]- 1990
- Hollywood Bowl Orchestra founded.
- Sanwa Bank Plaza built.
- Population: 3,485,398.[39]
- Sony Pictures Entertainment headquartered in nearby Culver City.
- Sister city relationship established with Jakarta, Indonesia.[55]
- Metro Blue Line opens, re-establishing light rail in the city
- 1991
- Gas Company Tower and 777 Tower built.
- Maxine Waters becomes U.S. representative for California's 29th congressional district.[65]
- Sister city relationship established with Kaunas, Lithuania.[55]
- 1992
- April 29: Rodney King riots begin.[59]
- Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Makati, Philippines.[55]
- 1993
- Richard Riordan becomes mayor
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority created.
- Metro Red Line opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Split, Croatia.[55]
- 1994 – January 17: 1994 Northridge earthquake.
- 1995
- City website launched.[66][67][68]
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and LA as Subject project[69] begin.
- Drudge Report begins publication.
- Metro Green Line opens.
- 1996
- Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles founded.[70]
- Council on American–Islamic Relations Los Angeles chapter founded.[71]
- Museum of Television & Radio opens in Beverly Hills.
- 1997
- American Apparel clothier headquartered in Los Angeles.
- The Getty Center opens in Brentwood.
- 1998 – Los Angeles Almanac begins publication.[72]
- California Science Center opens to the public.
- 1999 – Staples Center (sports arena) opens.
- 2000
- August: 2000 Democratic National Convention held.[73]
- Los Angeles Police Rampart scandal report issued.
21st century
[edit]2000s
[edit]- 2001
- James Hahn becomes mayor
- Kodak Theatre opens.
- Disney California Adventure opens adjacent to Disneyland.
- 2002 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels built.
- 2003
- Walt Disney Concert Hall[74] and Chinese American Museum[34] open.
- Los Angeles Derby Dolls (rollerderby) team formed.
- Metro Gold Line opens.
- 2004 – National Day Laborer Organizing Network headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 2005
- Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority homeless census begins.[75]
- Antonio Villaraigosa becomes mayor.[15]
- Sister city relationship established with San Salvador, El Salvador.[55]
- Metro Orange Line opens.
- 2006
- LA Weekly Detour Music Festival begins.
- Sister city relationships established with Beirut, Lebanon; and Ischia, Italy.[55]
- Metro Purple Line opens.
- 2007
- May 1: 2007 MacArthur Park rallies.
- Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.[76]
- Sister city relationship established with Yerevan, Armenia.[55]
- 2008
- Anime Expo first arrives at the Los Angeles Convention Center
- First DineLA Restaurant Week was held[77]
- 2009 – Los Angeles Times' Mapping L.A. project begins.
- Metro Sliver Line opens.
2010s
[edit]- 2010
- 2011
- October 1: Occupy Los Angeles begins.[80]
- QuakeBot in use.[81]
- 2012
- Metro Expo Line opens.
- Los Angeles Review of Books begins publication.
- Wilshire Grand Tower, the new tallest building in the city begins groundbreaking in downtown LA.
- September 19–21: Endeavour makes final landing at LAX.
- FIGat7th Reopens the newly constructed center happened in fall 2012.[82]
- 2013
- Eric Garcetti becomes mayor.
- Population: 3,884,307.[83]
- 2014
- DataLA (city data website) begins publication.[60]
- The long-stalled Metropolis Towers breaks ground and begins construction in downtown LA.
- 2015
- August: Shade balls put into Los Angeles Reservoir during 2015 California drought.[84]
- A massive natural gas leak in the Santa Susana Mountains near Porter Ranch, also known as Aliso Canyon gas leak, was discovered.
- 2016
- Los Angeles Rams NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
- ET94 Space Shuttle fuel tank arrives in LA at the California Science Center.
- 2017
- Measure S fails
- Los Angeles Chargers NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles population reaches 4 million.[85]
- Los Angeles is selected as the host city for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
- 2018 – Woolsey Fire burns across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
- 2019
- Typhus outbreak spreads in Los Angeles.[86]
- Bracero Monument by Dan Medina installed with 19-foot-tall featuring a bronze sculpture of a Mexican migrant and his family.[87][88]
- Teachers in LA went on strike at the beginning of the year with about 30,000 following a string of success across the country.[89]
- The construction of $44 million affordable housing of low income in Willowbrook, California, is now completed.[90]
- Construction of Oceanwide Plaza, halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.
2020s
[edit]- 2020
- January 26 – American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash.
- Los Angeles was hardest-hit by COVID-19 pandemic, which put few thousands of residents out of work, and shifted others to work at home.
- Oceanwide Plaza remains uncompleted as Chinese foreign real estate investment capital pulled out due to the China–United States trade war.
- 48 apartments could replace single family home in downtown L.A.[91]
- Hotel-Residential project at Wilshire takes another step forward, which will be completed in 2023. There are 14 residences in affordable units.[92]
- May 29–31 – Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests occurs in Downtown Los Angeles, Central LA, & Santa Monica
- September 8 – SoFi Stadium opens in Inglewood, which occupies the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack.
- October 11 – The Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Finals, their first championship since 2010.
- October 27 – The Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, their first championship since 1988.
- 2021
- November 16: The naming rights of the Staples Center is acquired by Crypto.com, renaming it to the Crypto.com Arena.
- 2022
- February 13: Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.
- May 22: Amazon opens its first clothing store in Los Angeles.[93]
- October 9 - 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal, an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal.
- October 12: City council president Nury Martinez resigns amid a racism scandal.
- December 12: Karen Bass is sworn in as mayor, becoming the city's first woman to serve as mayor.
- 2023
- May–November: The 2023 Hollywood labor disputes occur primarily in Los Angeles and New York City.
- 2024
- April–May: Pro-Palestinian campus protests occur in a number of LA-based universities, including UCLA and USC.
- August 15: Intuit Dome opens in Inglewood.
- September: The Bridge Fire burns in Angeles National Forest.
Future events
[edit]See also
[edit]- History of Los Angeles
- List of mayors of Los Angeles
- List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
- Timeline of California[94]
- Timelines of other cities in the Southern California area of California: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Ana
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External links
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- "Los Angeles City Directories, 1875–1942" – via Los Angeles Public Library.